Words Is a Powerful Thing - Twenty Years of Teaching Creative Writing at Douglas County Jail

Words is a Powerful Thing gives a sustained insight into the role that creativity--in this case, poetry--plays in aiding survival and bringing positive change for inmates, and for all of us.

About the author

Brian Daldorph is a creative writing instructor, Douglas County Jail, Lawrence, Kansas, and a senior lecturer, English Department, University of Kansas. He is the author of six books of poetry including Kansas Poems and Blue Notes, and the editor of the literary journal Coal City Review.

Summary

Brian Daldorph first entered the Douglas County Jail classroom in Lawrence, Kansas, to teach a writing class on Christmas Eve 2001. This is Daldorph's record of teaching at the jail for the two decades between 2001 and 2020, showing how the lives of everyone involved in the class benefited from what happened every Thursday afternoon.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Daldorph
• Publisher: University Press Of Kansas
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780700632169
• ISBN: 978-0-7006-3216-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 232 mm x 154 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 376 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology